LGU > The Curtis Cup Accommodation & Programme THE LADIES’ GOLF UNION AND THE R&A COMPLETE MERGER The merger of the Ladies’ Golf Union (LGU) and The R&A has been finalised and will come into effect from 1 January 2017. The heads of agreement between the two organisations was signed in June leading to the integration of the LGU’s business operations and its members of staff into The R&A group of companies. An agreed governance structure has also been implemented to give LGU Board members representation on relevant R&A Committees. Read complete article... LGU NAMES 2017 VAGLIANO TEAM CAPTAINS The Ladies’ Golf Union (LGU) has announced the GB&I Vagliano team will once again be captained by Aberdeen lawyer, Elaine Farquharson-Black, who led the GB&I side to a memorable 11½-8½ win over the USA in the Curtis Cup at Dun Laoghaire in June this year. Elaine, a member of Deeside Golf Club said, “I am delighted to be continuing as captain of the GB&I team for the Vagliano Trophy.

I look forward to working with another talented group of golfers to prepare for the challenge of winning the match against the Continent of Europe next year.” Cork’s Claire Coughlan-Ryan, a former Curtis Cup player who also spent a period in the professional ranks, will continue as captain of the GB&I team for the Junior Vagliano Trophy. The Junior match will be played alongside the senior international match at the same venue. Helen Hewlett will continue as the manager for both teams. Read complete article... 2017 CORONATION FOURSOMES The Coronation Foursomes is the leading foursomes event for club golfers in Great Britain & Ireland. The competition is open to all members of affiliated golf clubs who hold a CONGU handicap. Read complete article... ENGLAND OVERPOWER WALES TO CLAIM 10TH SENIOR TITLE England are the Senior Women's Home Internationals title winners for the 10th time since the tournament started in 2003. They completed a 100 per cent winning week at Alyth Golf Club, Perthshire by beating Wales 5.5-2.5 to win the Sue Johnson Trophy for the third year in a row.

Ireland beat Scotland 6-2 in today's other match on a very windy day. That meant that Ireland, Scotland and Wales finished with 1pt apiece. After a countback involving further 3 stages, European champions Ireland were declared the runners-up. Read complete article... ENGLAND BEAT IRELAND, SCOTS BEAT WELSH European champions Ireland fell at the first hurdle in their bid to take the Senior Women's Home Internationals title out of England's grasp at Alyth Golf Club, Perthshire. England won 5.5-2.5, taking the foursomes by a 2pt margin and the singles 3-1. Scotland, who lost all three matches 12 months ago, beat Wales 5-3 on a day that started wet but turned bright and very breezy by lunchtime. GB & I SECURES DRAMATIC CURTIS CUP VICTORY IN IRELAND Great Britain and Ireland survived a fierce American fightback to claim a dramatic victory in the 39th Curtis Cup at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club south of Dublin. Read complete article...

USA CURTIS CUP TEAM ANNOUNCED Hannah O’Sullivan, of Chandler, Ariz., the 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, was among the eight players named today by the United States Golf Association (USGA) to the USA Team for the 2016 Curtis Cup Match, to be conducted June 10-12 at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in Enniskerry, Ireland, outside Dublin. Read complete article... OLD COURSE HOTEL EXCLUSIVE PACKAGE FOR LGU MEMBERS The Old Course Hotel Golf Resort & Spa are proud to support the LGU and in recognition of their great work in the game, have an exclusive package for LGU members. The package is available Sunday-Thursday from 01/10/15 to 31/03/16 at the very special rate of £195.00 per room (based on two sharing a twin/double room) Read complete article... ENGLAND CRUSHES IRISH HOPES OF RETAINING MILLER TROPHY England have won the Miller Trophy at the Home Internationals for the fourth time in the past five years.

They did it by beating front-runners Ireland 5-4, overtaking them in the singles after losing the final day morning foursomes 2-1 at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, London. SANDRA NORDAAS WINS BRITISH GIRLS' TITLE Sandra Nordaas is the first Norwegian to win British title since Marianne Skarpnord in 2003 after quality final of 10 birdies and no bogeys. Read complete article... A FINAL CHANCE TO MAKE IT TO TURNBERRY The draw for the Ricoh Women’s British Open Final-Qualifying has been made, a competition which provides a final opportunity for professionals and amateurs to clinch a spot at Turnberry. Read complete article... CONTINENT OF EUROPE WIN JUNIOR AND SENIOR VAGLIANO The Continent of Europe won the Junior and Senior Vagliano Trophies in a stunning yet extremely tense final day at Malone Golf Club, Northern Ireland. Read complete article...

JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE LADIES’ GOLF UNION AND THE R&A Exploratory discussions are underway between the Ladies’ Golf Union (LGU) and The R&A towards establishing a more closely coordinated working relationship and the possibility of a merger between the two organisations. Read complete article... LGU SADDENED AT LOSS OF CATHERINE BAILEY All at the LGU were saddened to hear of the death of Catherine Bailey (Tandridge) on Wednesday 4th February. Catherine was Senior Ladies’ British Champion 1988 & 1989. She represented Surrey for many years and was a member of at least 3 winning teams in the County Championship Finals. Read complete article... LGU APPOINTS HELEN AS TEAM MANAGER Lincolnshire Ladies' County Captain and seven times County champion, Helen Hewlett (nee Dobson) has accepted an invitation from the Ladies’ Golf Union, to be team manager of the Great Britain & Ireland teams for the Vagliano Trophy matches at Malone Golf Club, Belfast on June 26-27 and next year's Curtis Cup match at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, near Dublin.

2012 USA Curtis Cup Team Bios Anderson Receives Dinah Shore Award - Hard, Cold Facts (an article Anderson penned for Sports Illustrated) - Anderson Wins 2009 Girls’ Junior - VIDEO: Meet Amy Anderson - Lindy Duncan, 21, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Lindy Duncan made the cut at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open, and also competed in the 2009 Women’s Open. She was a semifinalist at the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur at age 15 and has competed in that championship each year since. She also appeared in four U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships. Duncan is a rising senior at Duke University, where she is majoring in psychology. Her standout 2011-12 season, in which she took four victories, including the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, earned her Division I Player of the Year honors from the National Golf Coaches Association. Duncan also won the Golfstat Cup, which is presented to the player with the season’s lowest stroke average.

Duncan has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year each of her three years at Duke, and was named to the NGCA’s All-America first team in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Duncan has won six collegiate tournaments for the Blue Devils, and captured the 2010 Dixie Amateur Championship. Duncan is the daughter of David Duncan and Debbie Beckett. She has one younger sister, McKenzie. She was born Jan. 16, 1991 in Plantation, Fla. Notable Links: VIDEO: Meet Lindy Duncan - Austin Ernst, 20, Seneca, S.C. Austin Ernst captured the individual title at the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship as a freshman at Louisiana State University, where she is majoring in business. Her NCAA victory was the first in LSU women’s golf history and the second of her collegiate career, following the 2011 Central District Invitational. Her final-round 66 included her first career hole-in-one. Ernst followed her standout freshman season with a victory at the opening tournament of the 2011-12 season, the Cougar Classic.

She received first-team All-America honors from the NGCA in 2011, was named an honorable mention in 2012. and was named to All-SEC second team in 2011 and 2012. Ernst advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur and has also competed in the U.S. Girls’ Junior. She won the 2010 Carolinas Golf Association’s Carolinas Women’s Match-Play and Vicki DiSantis Junior Girls’ Championships. Ernst also received an exemption into the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she made the cut. Ernst is the daughter of Mark and Melanie Ernst. She has one brother, Drew, who played golf at Coastal Carolina University. She was born Jan. 31, 1992 in Greenville, S.C. Notable Links: VIDEO: Meet Austin Ernst - Tiffany Lua, 21, Rowland Heights, Calif. Tiffany Lua is the only returning member of the victorious 2010 USA Curtis Cup Team.

She had a 1-2-0 record at the 2010 Match at Essex County Club, teaming with Jennifer Johnson for a 3-and-2 foursomes (alternate-shot) victory over Sally Watson and Rachel Jennings. Lua has competed in more than 20 USGA championships, including three U.S. Women’s Opens, and has reached the semifinals at the Women’s Amateur (2009) and the Women’s Amateur Public Links (2008, 2011). In 2011, she also advanced to the round of 16 at the Women’s Amateur. Lua will be a senior at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she is majoring in psychology. She finished in a tie for fourth place to help UCLA claim the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. In 2010, she won her first collegiate tournament, the Landfall Traditions. Lua was named to the NGCA’s All-America second team and the Pacific-10 Conference’s first team in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Lua is the daughter of Michael and Donna Lua.

She has two brothers, Matthew and Chris. She was born Feb. 22, 1991 in Alhambra, Calif. Notable Links: UCLA Wins Third NCAA Women’s Golf Championship - Tiffany Lua Talks 2012 Curtis Cup - VIDEO: Meet Tiffany Lua - Lisa McCloskey, 20, Houston, Texas Lisa McCloskey recently completed her eligibility at the University of Southern California, where she is majoring in international relations. She tied for first at the 2012 NCAA Central Regional (considered a victory as there was no playoff), and was named to the NGCA All-American First Team. A rib injury kept her out of the 2011 NCAA Championships; however, her strong junior year garnered her second-team All-America honors from the NGCA in 2011. She also was named to the All-Pac-12 first team both seasons. McCloskey spent her freshman and sophomore years (2008-2010) at Pepperdine University, where she won three tournaments, including the 2010 West Coast Conference Championship.

While at Pepperdine, McCloskey became the first women's college player to post a 54-hole score better than 200 when she won the 2008 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown with a 17-under 199. She won conference first-team and Freshman of the Year honors in 2009, and received NGCA honorable-mention honors in 2009 and 2010. McCloskey was the runner-up to Emily Tubert at the 2010 Women’s Amateur Public Links. She qualified for the 2010 and 2011 Women’s Opens, and made the cut in 2010 as the third-lowest amateur. McCloskey also took medalist honors at the 2008 U.S. Girls’ Junior, where her second-round 63 tied for the second-lowest 18-hole score in championship history. She was the runner-up at the 2010 Women’s North & South Championship, and advanced to the semifinals in 2009 and 2011.

McCloskey also received an exemption into the 2011 LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, where she missed the cut. McCloskey is the daughter of Jeff and Maria McCloskey. She has one brother, Jay. She was born Aug. 7, 1991, in Bogota, Colombia, where her father worked in the oil industry. She is a citizen of both the United States and Colombia, but represented her birth country at the 2010 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and Copa los Andes. Notable Links: USC Wins Central Regional - VIDEO: Meet Lisa McCloskey - Brooke Pancake, 22, Chattanooga, Tenn. Brooke Pancake recently completed an extremely successful career at the University of Alabama, where she majored in marketing and management. That career was undoubtedly highlighted by her 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole that earned the Crimson Tide its first NCAA Women’s Division I Championship title on May 25.

Pancake was named to the NGCA’s All-America first team and the All-SEC first team in 2011 and 2012, and received All-SEC second-team honors in 2009 and 2010. On Tuesday, June 5, Pancake received the 2012 Honda Award, which is given annually to the nation's top female athlete in 12 sports, and is now nominated for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award. Pancake had one collegiate victory, the 2010 Tar Heel Invitational, and led Alabama to the school’s first Southeastern Conference Championship title in 2010. Pancake reached the semifinals of the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur, where she fell to eventual champion Danielle Kang. Following four consecutive Tennessee State High School Championship victories (2005-08), she was inducted into the Tennessee Women’s Golf Hall of Fame in 2010. She also finished second at the 2011 Tennessee Women’s Open. Pancake was as prolific in the classroom as she is on the golf course.

She received the 2011 Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award, which is presented annually to an upperclassman who is both an NGCA All-American and All-American Scholar. Pancake was named a Capital One Academic All-American in 2011, and is on the ballot again in 2012. She is a three-time NCGA All-American Scholar (2009-11), a three-time SEC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2010-12), and received the Elite 88 Award at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Golf Championships. On May 29, Pancake qualified for her first U.S. Women’s Open. She will make her professional debut at the 2012 championship, conducted at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wis. Pancake is the daughter of Debbie Pancake. She has three sisters, Blaire, Debbie and Ally. She was born June 6, 1990, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Notable Links: Alabama Wins 2012 NCAA Championship - It’s Homecoming For Alabama’s Pancake at NCAAs - VIDEO: Meet Brooke Pancake - Erica Popson, 21, Davenport, Fla. Erica Popson is a rising senior at the University of Tennessee, where she is majoring in sports management. She tied for the victory at the 2012 LSU Classic, only her second tournament following surgery to correct a nagging thumb injury, and finished third at the 2012 Bryan National Collegiate. Popson had a standout sophomore season with the Lady Vols, where she won four tournaments: the 2010 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship and the 2011 Bryan National Collegiate, SEC Championship and NCAA West Regional. She also tied for first at the 2011 Rebel Intercollegiate, making her the first person to capture medalist honors at four consecutive tournaments since Lorena Ochoa won seven in a row in 2001-02. Her 2010-11 success earned her first-team All-America and All-SEC honors.

In 2010, Popson tied for first at the SEC Championship, where she lost in a playoff, and was named to the All-SEC Freshman Team. Popson is the daughter of Fred and Diana Popson. She has one sister, Carissa. She was born April 18, 1991, in Davenport, Fla. Notable Links: Popson’s Curtis Cup Practice Session Blog - VIDEO: Meet Erica Popson - Emily Tubert, 20, Burbank, Calif. Emily Tubert won the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship in only her second USGA event. She advanced to the round of 16 at the 2011 Women’s Amateur Public Links. Tubert is a rising junior at the University of Arkansas, where she is majoring in broadcast journalism. During her breakthrough freshman season, Tubert collected three victories: the 2010 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, the 2010 Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown and the 2011 MountainView Collegiate.

Tubert was named 2011 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year (along with Alabama’s Stephanie Meadow, a member of the 2012 GB&I Curtis Cup Team), and was also named to the NGCA and All-SEC first teams. While she did not claim any victories during the 2011-12 season, Tubert’s six top-10 finishes earned her first-team honors again from the NGCA and SEC. Tubert earned All-American Scholar honors from the NGCA in 2011, and has been nominated for the Capital One Academic All-American Team. Tubert represented the United States at the 2011 Spirit International, where she teamed with fellow Curtis Cup Team member Austin Ernst, 2011 U.S. Amateur champion Kelly Kraft and three-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith to win the overall title. She received a sponsor’s exemption into the LPGA Tour’s 2011 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, where she made the cut, and finished third at the 2012 Mexican Women’s Amateur. Tubert is the daughter of Marcelo and Lori Tubert. She has one sister, Sarah.

She was born May 15, 1992, in Burbank, Calif.

Notable Links: Official Website Of The 2006 Curtis Cup Match Great Britain & Ireland Team Profile Claire Coughlan, 26, of Cork, Ireland Couglan began playing golf when she was 13 … is a camp instructor and a lifeguard at the Brookfield Leisure Centre … this is her second Curtis Cup selection … was 1-0 in singles competition and 2-0 in foursomes at the 2004 Match … collects ball markers from different courses and has over 650 in collection … most memorable golf experience is playing in 2004 Curtis Cup … lowest competitive 18-hole score is 64 (10 under par) … member of the Vagliano Team 2005 … won the Home International (2003-2005), Irish Ladies Championship (1999), Irish Ladies Stroke Play (2003) and Munster Championship (2001, 2002) … runner-up at the 2005 British Amateur Championship and the 2001 Irish Ladies Championship … received the Golf Writers Award (1999,2003, 2004), The Jury

's Award (2003), The Jury's All-Star Award (2004) and the Cork Greatest Sporting People Book (2003).

Tara Delaney, 20, of Carlow, Ireland This will be Delaney’s first Curtis Cup appearance … began playing golf at the age of 10 … most memorable golf experience is winning the Ladies Home International and being selected to the Curtis Cup … best 18-hole score is 5 under par shot at the Irish Ladies Close … has four holes-in-one … won the Irish Stroke Play (2004, 2005), the Mid-American Conference (2006) and the Northwestern Invitational (2006) … named 2004 and 2005 Carlow County Sportstar … 2005 Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and 2006 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year for Kent State University in Ohio … Southeast Sportstar (2006) … All-American Honorable Mention (2006) … keeps only two markers, four tees and a pitch marker in her pocket when she plays.

Naomi Edwards, 22, of Yorkshire, England Edwards is playing in her first Curtis Cup … began playing golf when she was 15 … most memorable golf experience is listed as being selected to this year’s Curtis Cup … lowest competitive 18-hole score is 67 (8 under par) at the 2005 Helen Holm on the Portland Course at Troon … had two holes-in-one and one double eagle within one week in 2004 … won the 2005 St. Rule Trophy, 2005 English Mid-Amateur and the 2006 Welsh Stroke Play … runner-up in the 2003 and 2006 English Match Play Championships … in secondary school she played hockey, netball and rounders at county level … named Scarborough female achiever of the year. Martina Gillen, 24, of Dublin, Ireland This is the first Curtis Cup competition for the Kent State University graduate … Gillen’s lowest score is 67 (6 under par) at Beaverstown in 2004 … most memorable golf experience is winning the Vagliano Team Trophy in 2005 ...

Scottish Stoke Play – Helen Holm Champion in 2005, 2003 Irish Close Champion and 2000 Irish Girls’ Champion … runner-up in the 2002 and 2004 Irish Stroke Play Championships and the 2003 St. Rule Trophy … won six college tournaments and was a runner-up in six events … earned a degree in business management and was named an All-American Honorable Mention in 2001 and 2002 … would caddie for her father and brother and started to play when she was 11 years old.

Breanne Loucks, 18, of Wrexham, Wales Loucks is playing in her first Curtis Cup … the only team member from Wales … Has one hole-in-one during the Spanish Under 21's Open, in Madrid 2004 … lowest 18-hole competitive score is 69 (6 under par) shot at St Marys Golf Club in Canada … most memorable golf moment is placing second in the European Junior Team Championship … North Wales Girls Champion 2005, Northop Ladies Open Champion 2001, 2002, D & F Ladies Golden Jubilee Champion 2002 … runner-up in the 2003 and 2004 Welsh Girls Championships and the 2004 Scottish Under-16 Championship … member of the Welsh Ladies and Junior teams … represented Wales in gymnastics in 2003 … began playing golf at the age of 7, competitively since the age of 9.

Tricia Mangan, 32, of Limerick, Ireland Mangan is the oldest player on this year’s GB&I Curtis Cup team … began playing golf when she was 13 … works as a PE teacher in Limerick Prison … most memorable golf experience is being part of the winning Vagliono Team in 2003 … lowest competitive 18-hole round is 69 (7 under par) shot at St.

Andrews in 2003 … has one hole-in-one and one double eagle … won back-to-back Irish Championships in 2005 and 2006, the 2003 and 2004 Cork Scotch Cup, the 1991, 1992 and 2003 Munster Ladies and the 1993, 1995 and 1996 Irish Intermediate Championships … named 2004 and 2005 Sports Person of the Year … received the Golf Writers Award and the Cork Examiner Young Person Golf Award … named Trinity and All Saints College Sportswoman in 1995 … met her husband on a blind date … lived in a monastery in Paris for a month while training to be a yoga teacher. Kiran Matharu, 17, of Leeds, England This is the first Curtis Cup competition for Matharu … began playing golf at the age of 11 … competed in the U.S.

Orange Bowl (2003-2005) in Miami, Fla… her best finish was second in 2005 … most memorable golf moment was advancing through the first round of English Match Play and eventually winning the event … has one hole-in-one and her lowest score was shot at the Faldo Series Final 2004 (68, 5 under par) … won the 2006 English Match Play Championship, the 2005 Faldo Series Final Championship and the 2005 Formby Leveret Championship … runner-up at the 2004 English Girls Championship, the 2005 English Stroke Play Championship and the 2005 Welsh Stroke Play Championship … named 2005 Female Sports Personality of the Year … Leeds Sports Performer of the Year 2003 & 2004 … English Girls Order of Merit Winner 2003.

Melissa Reid, 18, of Derbyshire, England This will be the first Curtis Cup appearance for Reid … qualified for the British Amateur, Welsh Amateur and the English Amateur … began playing golf at the age of 11 … had a hole-in-one when she was 11-years-old … lowest competitive 18-hole score is 67 (8 under par) ... 2006 Scottish Open Stroke Play champion … 2004 & 2005 English Girls Champion, 2004 Daily Telegraph Champion, 2005 Whittington Heath Scratch Champion … runner-up at the 2005 Nick Faldo International Trophy … received the 2004 Joyce Weathered Award … most memorable golf experience is playing in the Junior Solheim Cup last year ... enjoys snowboarding, football (soccer), and tennis when not playing golf.

Britain and Ireland takes 8-4 lead in Curtis Cup Britain and Ireland takes 8-4 lead in Curtis Cup Tweet Share DUBLIN (AP) -- England's Bronte Law won two more matches and Britain and Ireland took all but one point Saturday to open an 8-4 lead in the Curtis Cup, leaving the Americans behind entering the closing singles session for the first time in two decades. With eight singles matches left Sunday at Dun Laoghaire, the United States needs six points to retain the Cup, and Britain and Ireland needs 2 1/2 to reclaim it. The U.S. leads the series 28-7-3, winning 13-7 in 2014 in St. Louis. ''Their players obviously had a good day, made a lot of putts,'' U.S. captain Robin Burke said. ''They played extremely well. A few of my players also played well. They just made a lot more putts than we did. That's how golf is sometimes. I don't feel like they took the wind out of our sails.

I think they lit a fire within us and we'll be ready to go out and play hard tomorrow.'' Law, the UCLA junior who won the Annika Award this year as the top college player, improved to 4-0, teaming with 18-year-old Olivia Mehaffey of Northern Ireland in both sessions. They beat Bailey Tardy and Monica Vaughn 3 and 2 in the morning foursomes and topped Vaughn and Bethany Wu 3 and 2 in the rain-delayed afternoon fourball matches. ''Obviously, we have a very, very strong team who are very capable of going out and winning all eight matches, let alone seven,'' Law said. ''We fought the whole day. Every single hole, we grounded out. We holed the putts that we needed to. I'm so proud of my team right now. They did exactly what Captain (Elaine Farquharson-Black) wanted us to do.'' Trying to become the second player to go 5-0 record, Law will face Mika Liu in singles. American Stacy Lewis was 5-0 at St. Andrews in 2008.

''It's not about doing something that's been done before,'' said Law, 2-4-2 in her two previous Curtis Cup appearances. ''(My focus) is to win my match for my team.'' In 1996 at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, also in Ireland, the United States trailed 6-3 after the first day and lost the then-two-day event 11 1/2-6 1/2. Since then, the only other U.S. loss was four years ago at Nairn in Scotland, when GB&I won five of the eight singles matches for a 10 1/2-9 1/2 triumph. Wu and U.S. Women's Amateur champion Hannah O'Sullivan earned the only point for the United States, beating Ireland's Leona Maguire and England's Charlotte Thomas 1 up in the morning. In the other foursomes match, England's Meghan MacLaren and Ireland's Maria Dunne edged Sierra Brooks , Sorrento and Andrea Lee 1 up.

In Britain and Ireland's fourballs sweep, MacLaren and Dunne beat Tardy and Mariel Galdiano 3 and 2, and Maguire and Thomas routed O'Sullivan and Liu 5 and 4. Thomas helped Washington win the NCAA title last month. ''Today is a huge day for us,'' said Maguire, a rising junior at Duke who won the Annika Award in 2015. ''The U.S. is always strong in fourballs and for us to come out and go 3-0 is huge.'' Reblog Curtis Cup Golf Match (USA vs. Great Britain & Ireland) Updated June 12, 2016. About the Curtis Cup: The Curtis Cup Match is contested every two years by teams of female amateurs representing the United States and Great Britain & Ireland (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland). The sanctioning bodies are the United States Golf Association and Ladies Golf Union, and those organizations select the respective teams. Each team consists of eight golfers. The Curtis Cup was first played in 1932, and is named after sisters Harriot and Margaret Curtis, who combined for four victories in the U.S. Women's Amateur.

The Curtis sisters donated the trophy for the competition. The U.S. leads the series, 28-8-3. View All Curtis Cup Results Curtis Cup Format Beginning in 2008, the Curtis Cup assumed a Ryder Cup-style format, with foursomes, four-balls and singles play. Day 1 and Day 2 feature three foursomes and three four-balls each day, with eight singles matches concluding play on Day 3. One point is awarded the side of the winning golfer in each match; if matches are tied at the conclusion of 18 holes, each golfer earns a half-point for her team. If the Curtis Cup Match itself concludes in a tie, the team that held the cup entering the competition retains it. Curtis Cup Records U.S. leads Great Britain & Ireland, 28-8-3 Most Curtis Cups Played GB&I - 9, Mary McKenna (1970-72-74-76-78-80-82-84-86) U.S.

- 12, Carol Semple Thompson (1974-76-80-82-88-90-92-94-96-98-2000-02) Largest Winning Margin, 18-Hole Match Singles - 9 and 8, Margaret Smith, U.S., def. Philomena Garvey, GB&I, 1956 Foursomes - 8 and 6, Carol Sorenson/Barbara Fay White Boddie, U.S., def. Bridget Jackson/Susan Armitage, GB&I, 1964 Undefeated and Untied in Curtis Cup Play (Minimum 4 matches) Barbara Fay White Boddie, 4-0-0 Claire Doran, U.S., 4-0-0 Trish Johnson, GB&I, 4-0-0 Dorothy Kielty, U.S., 4-0-0 Most Overall Match Wins in Curtis Cup 18 - Carol Semple Thompson, U.S. 11 - Anna Quast Sander, U.S.

10 - Mary McKenna, GB&I 10 - Phyllis Preuss, U.S. Who Is the Curtis Cup Named After? The Curtis Cup is named after the Curtis sisters, Harriot and Margaret. The official name of the trophy awarded to the winning team is "The Women's International Cup," but everyone knows it as the Curtis Cup. Harriot Curtis and Margaret Curtis were two of the best women golfers in the early days of organized women's tournament play in the United States. Harriot won the 1906 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. In the finals of the 1907 Women's Am, Margaret defeated Harriot, then Margaret won again in 1911-12. In 1927, hoping to spur the USGA and Ladies Golf Union (LGU) to establish such a USA vs. Great Britain & Ireland competition for amateur women golfers, Harriot and Margaret commissioned the creation of a trophy, a silver cup. That trophy is today what we call the Curtis Cup. It was another five years before the trophy was awarded, however, first presented at the inaugural Curtis Cup Match in 1932.

Margaret died in 1965 and Harriot in 1974. The Curtis Cup Match has been played twice at the Curtis sisters' club, Essex County Club in Manchester, Mass., 1938 and 2010. Curtis Cup Trivia and Match Notes Several false starts at a Curtis Cup-style competition were made, dating to 1905, before Glenna Collett Vare started championing the idea in 1930. The USGA and LGU agreed in 1931 to regular matches, and the first was played in 1932. The Curtis Cup Match was originally envisioned to include nations from around the world, but financial issues limited the competition to the American and GB&I teams in the early going, and it has remained just those two teams ever since. The U.S. won that first match in 1932, 5.5 to 3.5. But the highlight was a victory for the GB&I side. Joyce Wethered and American Glenna Collett Vare - the greatest female golfers of their time - met only three times in competitive match play.

The first Curtis Cup was one of them, and Wethered won easily, 6-and-4. The GB&I team's first win in the series was in 1952, the seventh Curtis Cup Match played. One mother-and-daughter pair has competed in Curtis Cup play: Jane Bastanchury Booth and her daughter Kellee Booth. Jane played in 1970, 1972 and 1974, and Kellee in 1996 and 1998. And both are among the 10 players who have posted 4-0-0 records in a single Curtis Cup. Others who have posted 4-0-0 marks in a single Curtis Cup include Trish Johnson for GB&I in 1986; Juli Inkster for the U.S. in 1982; Patty Sheehan for the U.S. in 1980; and Beth Daniel for the U.S. in 1976. The largest winning margin for the U.S.

is 11 points (14.5 to 3.5) in 1982, an American team that boasted Juli Inkster, Kathy Baker and Amy Benz. The largest winning margin for GB&I is 8 points (13 to 5) in 1986, a team led by Trish Johnson's 4-0-0 performance. The 2008 match was the first one to feature five sessions of play, and Stacy Lewis was the first player to earn five points in one Cup, going 5-0-0 for the U.S. Bronte Law became the second golfer to do so, and the first for Team GB&I, at the 2016 Cup. The official name of the trophy awarded to the winning team is "The Women's International Cup." October 14, 2013 at 9:20am Hi there was wondering if you could please like our new page! Langl...ands Golf Club now has it's own facebook website address so please let all your friends know and help build our ever growing FB page thank you! Langlands Golf Club East Kilbride.........

See more Langlands Golf Club East Kilbride Welcome to Langlands Golf Club, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire Langlands Golf Club was established in 1985 and has built a fine reputation as a very welcoming club. The golf course is a fine moorland course with a par 70 and is located on the southern edge of East Kilbride adjacent to the villag... See More THE 39th CURTIS CUP MATCH 2016 | Dublin.ie THE 39th CURTIS CUP MATCH 2016 THE 39th CURTIS CUP MATCH 2016 This event has ended THE 39th CURTIS CUP MATCH 2016 Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, Friday 10th June - Sunday 12th June 2016 The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is organised by the Ladies’ Golf Union when the match is in GB & I. It is contested by teams representing the United States and Great Britain and Ireland. Britain and Ireland defeat U.S.

at Curtis Cup Britain and Ireland defeat U.S. at Curtis Cup comment DUBLIN -- Bronte Law became the second player in Curtis Cup history to go 5-0, beating Mika Liu 2 up on Sunday in Britain and Ireland's 11 1/2-8 1/2 victory over the United States. Four points ahead after taking five of six matches Saturday at Dun Laoghaire, Britain and Ireland added 3 1/2 points in the eight singles matches to win the biennial competition for only the third time in 20 years. Law, the 21-year-old English player who will be a senior at UCLA, joined American Stacy Lewis as the only players to go 5-0 in a single Curtis Cup. Lewis did it in 2008 at St. Andrews. The Great Britain and Ireland team celebrate with the Curtis Cup trophy after they had secured a match total 11.5 to 8.5 victory in the final day's singles matches. David Cannon/Getty Images "The team was just incredible," said Law, the Annika Award winner this year as the top college player. "For me, coming into this, a lot of people had written us off. ...

For me to end it this way -- it's probably going to be my last Curtis Cup -- is just a dream. I am so proud to just represent my country." Britain and Ireland won in 1996 at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, also in Ireland, then lost seven straight before winning again in 2012 at Nairn in Scotland. The Americans lead the series 28-8-3. Ireland's Leona Maguire and England's Meghan MacLaren also won singles matches, and Northern Ireland's Olivia Mehaffey halved her match with U.S. Women's Amateur champion Hannah O'Sullivan. Maguire beat Sierra Brooks 3 and 2, and MacLaren topped Bethany Wu 2 and 1 for the deciding point. "Nothing even comes close to this," said MacLaren, who graduated from Florida International University in May. "This is incredible. I can't even put it into words." Maguire, a Duke junior, was 4-1. Bailey Tardy, Monica Vaughn, Andrea Lee and Mariel Galdiano won matches for the United States.

Tardy beat England's Charlotte Thomas 4 and 3, Vaughn topped England's Rochelle Morris 4 and 3, Lee edged England's Alice Hewson 2 and 1, and Galdiano beat Ireland's Maria Dunne 2 and 1. "I thought they were going to pull it off and fought to the very end," U.S. captain Robin Burke said. "I am proud of all of them. They have a lot of spirit and a lot of heart. "[Britain and Ireland] just played really well yesterday. They made a ton of birdies on us [and] we almost recovered. We just didn't quite get there." curtis-cup USGA PARTNERS American Express Together, American Express and the USGA have been providing world-class service to golf fans since 2006. By creating interactive U.S. Open experiences both onsite and online, American Express enhances the USGA’s effort to make the game more accessible and enjoyable for fans. For more information on American Express visit Deloitte As a strategic partner, Deloitte delivers thought leadership, business knowledge and innovation concepts to help the organization better serve the game and its constituents.

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Question: The Curtis Cup, is awarded for which sport?
Answer: Golf